Exodus 28:18
And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
Exodus 28:18 in other translations
| BSB | in the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; |
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| WEB | and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald; |
| ASV | and the second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; |
| YLT | and the second row is emerald, sapphire, and diamond; |
| DARBY | and the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a diamond; |
| BBE | The second, a ruby, a sapphire, and an onyx; |
| Webster | And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. |
What does Exodus 28:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 28:15-29
15-29. thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work--a very splendid and richly embroidered piece of brocade, a span square, and doubled, to enable it the better to bear the weight of the precious stones in it. There were twelve different stones, containing each the name of a tribe, and arranged in four rows, three in each. The Israelites had acquired a knowledge of the lapidary's art in Egypt, and…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 28:15-30
The chief ornament of the high priest, was the breastplate, a rich piece of cloth, curiously worked. The name of each tribe was graven in a precious stone, fixed in the breastplate, to signify how precious, in God's sight, believers are, and how honourable. How small and poor soever the tribe was, it was as a precious stone in the breastplate of the high priest; thus are all the saints dear to Christ, however men…
Exodus 28:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 28:18
- Jeremiah 17:1
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
- Job 28:6
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
- Exodus 39:11
And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
- Song of Solomon 5:14
His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
- Ezekiel 28:13
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
- Ezekiel 1:26
And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
- Ezekiel 10:1
Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
- Revelation 4:3
And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
- Ezekiel 27:16
Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
- Job 28:16
It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- Exodus 24:10
And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
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39:11; Eze 27:16
sapphire.
24:10; Job 28:6,16; So 5:14; Eze 1:26; 10:1; Re 4:3
diamond.
Jer 17:1; Eze 28:13
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Context
- Exodus 28:17
And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
- Exodus 28:18
And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
- Exodus 28:19
And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
Exodus 28:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El segundo orden, una esmeralda, un zafiro, y un diamante; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et la seconde rangée, une escarboucle, un saphir, et un diamant; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und die zweite Reihe: Karfunkel, Saphir und Diamant; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | in secundo carbunculus, sapphirus, et jaspis: |